Method and apparatus for operating a vehicle, in particular a railroad vehicle
a technology for railroad vehicles and vehicles, applied in the direction of brake systems, process and machine control, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of unintentional interruption of actuation, inability to operate the vehicle, and inability to maintain uninterrupted actuation
Inactive Publication Date: 2016-02-11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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The present invention provides a method for improving safety in vehicles by using a camera device to sense the driver's condition and initiating emergency actions accordingly. The system makes the driver's actions more plausible and increases the likelihood of timely and accurate emergency actions. The method also includes a safety circuit that can output additional warnings if the driver does not respond to the initial warning or if certain conditions are met. This method can improve safety and prevent accidents by ensuring that the vehicle driver operates the safety circuit in a timely and effective manner.
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In particular, if the camera device senses that the vehicle driver is functionally incapable, for example because the camera device cannot sense the vehicle driver at all, for example because he has left the operator's cabin, the emergency action is initiated immediately.
This first emergency action offers the possibility that, for example, the uninterrupted actuation involves an unintentional and in particular inattentive uninterrupted actuation of the safety circuit, even though the vehicle driver is functionally capable.
If no reaction is sensed by the camera device, it is then inferred that the vehicle driver is functionally incapable.
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[0016]FIG. 1 is a simplified depiction of a vehicle 1 that is configured as a railroad vehicle. Vehicle 1 has a vehicle driver's cabin 2 in which a vehicle driver 3 can operate vehicle 1. A corresponding operating device 4 having multiple operating elements, as well as a vehicle driver's seat 5 for a vehicle driver, are provided for this purpose in vehicle driver's cabin 2.
[0017]Vehicle 1 furthermore has an apparatus 6 that is provided as a dead-man's switch in order to monitor the functional capability of vehicle driver 3. Apparatus 6 has for this purpose a safety circuit 7 having an operating element 8, operating element 8 being configured in the present case as a foot pedal. Alternatively, provision can also be made to embody operating element 8 as a manual switch, in particular as a pushbutton.
[0018]Apparatus 6 furthermore has a camera device 9 that is configured and configured in such a way that it senses vehicle driver 3, in particular his or her face. By face recognition, cam...
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A method for operating a vehicle, in particular a railroad vehicle, having a safety circuit to be actuated by a vehicle driver, the safety circuit initiating at least one emergency action if the vehicle driver actuates the safety circuit uninterruptedly, or not at all, in a predefinable time interval. Provision is made here that a condition of the vehicle driver is sensed by a camera device; and that the at least one emergency action is initiated depending on the condition of the vehicle driver.
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RELATED APPLICATION INFORMATION[0001]The present application claims priority to and the benefit of German patent application no. 10 2014 215 461.8, which was filed in Germany on Aug. 5, 2014, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a method for operating a vehicle, in particular a railroad vehicle, that has a safety circuit to be actuated by a vehicle driver, the safety circuit initiating at least one emergency action if the vehicle driver actuates the safety circuit uninterruptedly, or not at all, in a predefinable time interval. Also described is an apparatus, in particular a control device, for operating a vehicle, in particular a railroad vehicle, having a safety circuit to be actuated by a vehicle driver of the vehicle, which circuit is configured to initiate at least one emergency action if it has been actuated by the vehicle driver uninterruptedly, or not at all, within a predefinable time interv...
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IPC IPC(8): B61L27/04B61L15/00
CPCB61L15/0072B61L27/04B60T7/128B61L15/0081
Inventor VOELZ, HENNING
Owner ROBERT BOSCH GMBH